looking for supplier-planetary pegs

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kudo

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Joined: Sep. 3 2009

looking for supplier-planetary pegs

I know someone looking into buying planetary pegs for educational purposes (he plans on dissecting them for his students) (he is not a musician ), he asked me since I am the only flamenco he knows. I checked the local stores and they do not sell them.

so the question is, where do you guys buy them from? is there a website I can direct him to?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 29 2012 21:17:20

Richard Jernigan

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Joined: Jan. 20 2004
From: Austin, Texas USA

RE: looking for supplier-planetary pegs (in reply to kudo)

Here's one kind:

http://www.pegheds.com/

RNJ

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 29 2012 22:01:29

Shawn Brock

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Joined: Sep. 19 2011
From: Louisville KY

RE: looking for supplier-planetary pegs (in reply to kudo)

Musicians Friend is now stocking Planetary Pegs. Don't know what difference if any there is between their offering and "Pegheds". All other spots I have seen where they can be ordered are over seas.

It looks like that Pegheds recommends the same size for violin and flamenco guitars. It seems a little odd to me that the violin sets are $149 with 4 pegs and the flamenco set is $120... You would think, more pegs, more money... The thing about Musicians Friend is it don't look like they offer the option to buy singles, this means that a person would have to buy 2 sets... Probably better off with Pegheds if that's the case.

Maybe someone can step up and clarify who is making what these days. I have seen 2 kinds of mechanical pegs in guitars, and they looked a lot different than one another. You have the ones which have a thick/ chunky end for tuning, (which feel great in the fingers), and you have the set which has a really flat profile, (which still tune as good but feel a little less comfortable to me.) The more thicker/ chunky pegs were also shorter, so perhaps they were for violin and the other "flatter" type are or were for viola?

The Pegheds site don't offer much info, so who knows how much variety they have when choosing a size. These folks seem to offer a lot more, but buying a set from them would be expensive...

http://www.perfectionpegs.twofold.com.au/

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 1 2012 0:02:43

kudo

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RE: looking for supplier-planetary pegs (in reply to kudo)

thanks for the links.
just in case if you are curious, have a look at this, pretty cool,eh?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 1 2012 0:22:44

Sean

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From: Canada

RE: looking for supplier-planetary pegs (in reply to kudo)

I wouldn't go ordering the ones designed for violins or violas, you will find the string hole in the wrong place and you may damage the mechanism trying to drill a new one.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 1 2012 3:57:50

Anders Eliasson

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RE: looking for supplier-planetary pegs (in reply to kudo)

You cant use the Violin/Viola pegs on a guitar. Its another design, where they turn in the middle and not in the ends, whereas the flamenco pegs only turn in the tip.
From what I´ve understood, Planetary pegs are the pegs from Pegheds.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 1 2012 6:44:27

Shawn Brock

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From: Louisville KY

RE: looking for supplier-planetary pegs (in reply to kudo)

Aw yes, that was what I was thinking, that violin pegs would not work. Now the question is, what size is best for guitars? Maybe the same size as the violin pegs, but not the same peg?

I'm also still wondering who makes the other set that I have seen. 1 was Pegheds, but still no idea on who made the other...

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 1 2012 18:03:31